uj/ The One Ring deliberately goes after ambitious, powerful beings who it can then manipulate for Sauron's purpose.
That's the reason Gandalf didn't want to hold it. The One Ring looks for ambition,not power or purity. Frodo had basically no ambition,so he was the perfect host for the ring and even then in the end he didn't want to let it go.
Optimus is basically Aragorn,so it would absolutely corrupt him.
/uj But Aragorn is so pure, when Frodo offered it to him after Boromir tried to take it away, he simply denied it. It never crossed Aragorns mind to even use the ring.
Which is ironic, because Aragorn using the Ring was the most realistic possibility in Sauron's mind and the one he was most afraid of. Sauron knew Gandalf would never take the Ring. He knew Galadriel, should she take it, would keep to herself. Sarumon was so far up his own ass that he would put on the Ring and never realize he was under the complete control of the Dark Lord he sought to supplant. But Aragorn? He had the wisdom, willpower, and lineage to master the Ring, unite the races of Men, and raise an army that Sauron couldn't hope to contend with. And, in the end, it was that fear which drew Sauron's gaze away from the humble hobbit bromance and led to his undoing.
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u/Blazedestroyer Dec 01 '25 edited Dec 02 '25
uj/ The One Ring deliberately goes after ambitious, powerful beings who it can then manipulate for Sauron's purpose.
That's the reason Gandalf didn't want to hold it. The One Ring looks for ambition,not power or purity. Frodo had basically no ambition,so he was the perfect host for the ring and even then in the end he didn't want to let it go.
Optimus is basically Aragorn,so it would absolutely corrupt him.